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This 11-page guide covers both Legal System and Legal Services in a clear, structured, and visually engaging way, making dense topics manageable and easy to revise. Key areas include:
Legal System:
- The courts: judiciary, hierarchy, appeals, and rights of audience
- Doctrine of precedent and development of case law
- Primary legislation and statutory interpretation (literal, golden, mischief, purposive rules, and more)
- Constitutional and administrative law: Parliament, devolution, the Crown, constitutional conventions, prerogative powers, and parliamentary privilege
- Judicial review: process, grounds, limits, and remedies
- Human Rights Act 1998 and EU law in the UK constitution
Legal Services:
- Regulatory role of the SRA: principles, risk-based regulation, reserved legal activities, and professional obligations
- Equality Act 2010 and anti-money laundering legislation
- Financial services regulation and relevant applications to solicitors
- Funding options for legal services: private retainers, conditional fee agreements, legal aid, third-party funding, and legal expenses insurance